Tubing head



May 21, 1935.

S. P. TSCHAPPAT TUBING HEAD Filed Dec. 17, 1934' 2 Sheets-Sheet l fag/,2

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ed Dec. 17, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 porting a tubing and means Patented M ny 21, 1935 TUBING HEAD Sheridan P. Tschappat, Tulsa, Okla.

Application December 17, 1934, Serial No.

. 11 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tubing heads.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved tubing head having means for supthe tubing and casin for packing-0K both g, together with. provision for packing-off a cable, small pipe or other member passing tubing.

through the head outside of the Another object of the invention is to provide a tubing head having slips and packing therein,

arranged so that a cable, small pipe, or other member may extend through both the slips and the packing without mal functions of thes A further object of interfering with the nore elements. the invention is to provide a tubing head having provision for the extension therethrough which may be eifectu for compressing the around said element,

Still another object of an extraneous element ally sealed-off, and means packing in the head and which latter is stationary. of the invention is to prober is rotated to compress the A construction desi packing.

gned to carry out the invention will be hereinafter described, together with other features 0 The invention will stood from a reading f the invention.

be more readily underof the following specification and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which an example of the invention is shown, and wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a tubing head constructed in accordance with the invention and showing a cable extending therethrough.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 a sectional views taken ure 1,

nd 7 are horizontal crosson respective lines of Fig- Figure 8 is an isometrical view of the'slips,

and

Figure 9 is an isometrical view rings.

In the drawings the numeral elongated cylindrical counterbored annular its end. This collar is internally of the packing I 0 designates an body or housing having a collar H depending from screw-threaded so as to be screwed onto the upper end of a pipe or tubular connection l2.

The body is preferannular shoulder ii at the upper end of the collar, said shoulder overhanging the pipe l2. downwardly inclined bore I6 ber I! provided at its lower end with an annular 5 shoulder l8 extending inwardly to the top of said bore. Slips H! are constructed to fit in the bore I 6 of the bowl. The slips are provided with the usual teeth 20 for engaging a pipe or tubing 2|, whereby the latter is suspended or hung in the 10 head. The slips have a snug fit in the bore l6 of the bowl and their lower ends may extend into the axial bore I4 so as to amplify the toothed portions. Pipe connections 22 and 23 may extend from the bore 14.

A metallic bottom ring or washer 24 is inserted in the chamber ll so as to rest upon the tops is of sufficient diameter as to be supported on the shoulder I 8, where theslips wear or otherwise move down into the bowl. is shown in Figure 6, this ring is made in two sections so as to be easily placed in the chamber around the tubing. A plurality of elastic or flexible packing rings 25 are introduced into the chamber l1. These rings, of which three are 25 shown, preferably fit snugly in the chamber, as well as around the tubing, so as to require less a seal, but the number and fit are subject to variation.

As is shown in Figures 5 and 9, each ring is 30 split to form a scarf joint 26. This is done in order to facilitate placing the ring about the tubtwo sections, as is shown in Figure 4 and is plac d l1 upon the uppermost packing ring 25.

The upper end of the packing chamber I1 is internally screw-threaded at' 28 to receive a cy- 40 lindrical nut or pressure member 29, which is made in two sections connected by dowel pins 30. The pins are mounted in bosses 3! on the nut, which affords wrench holds. The upper end of the housing I0 is formed with the usual 0 seat 32 for an oil saver or other appliance. By screwing the nut 29 down onto the follower ring, the packing rings 25 are put under pressure and caused to distort or cold-flow radially or horizontally into intimate contact with the inner wall of the chamber I1 and the outer surface of the tubing, thus adequately sealing-01f the head above the slips i9. By this arrangement the packing may be replaced without removing the provision whereby an electric cable, small pipe, or other extraneous element may extend through the head and be effectually packed-off. Where an electrically driven pump is located in the casing l2 below the head, this arrangement is veryuseful. While I have shown a particular struc-v ture of head, the invention is not to be limited thereto, except in such respects as may be necessary to practice the invention. The slips IS, the ring 24, the packing rings 25 and the follower ring 21 are provided with small cylindrical openings or apertures I9, 24', 25' and 21', respectively, of such diameter as to snugly receive a cable 33, which is extended through the elements. When the nut 29 is screwed down, the openings 25' will be contracted to such an extent as to adequately seal-oil the cable. To simplify construction the openings in the rings 24 and 21 and the slips l9 may be formed in' the meeting edges of the sections, the slips being built so as to permit such a location.

To maintain alinement and to prevent rotation of the follower ring 21 when the nut 29 is screwed up or down, a set screw 35 mounted in the wall of the chamber ll engages in a notch 36 in the edge of said ring. This notch is of such height as to permit vertical movement of said ring, but to prevent circumferential movement thereof. Retaining the ring also prevents distortion of the cable when the nut is rotated. By holding the ring 21 against rotation and thus holding the cable against circumferential movement in the head, the packing rings 25, the ring 24 and the slips H! are in turn held against such movement by the cable.

The openings 25 of the elastic packing rings are made in the rings at any point and it is desirable to vary this location in each ring so that when the cable is passed through the rings the joints 26 will be mismatched or broken, thus obviatingleaks. Each rubber ring 25 is split at 26' between the opening 25' and the inner peripheiy of said ring. This split permits the ring 25 to be inserted in the head around the cable without threading the cable through the opening 25'. This is an important feature, because the cable is usually wound on a large spool and after the electrically driven pump or other device has been inserted in the well, there are still several feet of cable wound around the spool and if the split 26 were not provided, it would be necessary to unwind the cable from said spool and thread the packing rings 25 thereon, which would not only be impractical, but expensive. Thus it is obvious that with the above arrangement, the rings 25 may be inserted or removed from the cable at any time. Since the slips [9 and rings 24 and 21 are constructed in halves, and the rings 25 are split, all parts may be placed or removed when the cable is extending through the housing. It is obvious that the nut 29 rotating around the tubing 2| and the cable 33, may be screweddown to pack-ofi the head in the usual manner, and at the same time to grip the cable in the packing rings 25, whereby it is sealedoff against leaks under high pressures. The term tubing as used herein is intended to cover tubing, casing or pipe. v V

'What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, means for hanging a tubing in said housing, Packing in said housing for sealing off the housing and the tubing, the hanging means and packing having provision for the extension of a cable or the like therethrough, and means to seal oil the housing and the tubing as well as to seal around the cable.

2. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, means for hanging a tubing in said housing, packing in said housing for sealing oil the housing and the tubing, the hanging means and packing having provision for the extension of a cable or the like' therethrough, means to seal off the housing and the tubing as well as to seal around the cable, and means for holding the packing against rotation while it is being distorted.

3. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, means for hanging a tubing in said housing, packing in said housing, a cable extending through the packing and the housing, rotatable means for exerting pressure on said packing and distorting the same to pack and seal off the housing and the tubing and the cable.

4. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, means for hanging a tubing in said housing, packing in said housing, a cable extending through the packing and the housing, means for exerting pressure on said packing and distorting the same to packing and seal 011 the housing and the tubing and the cable, and means for holding the cable against circumferential movement in the head.

5. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, means for hanging a tubing in said housing, packing in said housing for sealing oil the housing and the tubing, the hanging means and packing having provision for the extension of a cable or the like therethrough, means to seal off the housing and the tubing as well as to seal around the cable, the hanging means and the distorting means being made in sections so that they may be inserted in the head while the tubing and the cable are extending therethrough.

6. A welf tubing head comprising, a housing, slips engaged in the housing for supporting a tubing, packing rings mounted in the housing, the packing rings and'the slips having registering openings for receiving a cable, and means engaging in the housing for distorting the packing rings into sealing relation to the housing and the tubing as well as the cable.

'7. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, slips engaged in the housing for supporting a tubing, packing rings mounted in the housing, the packing rings and the slips having registering openings for receiving a cable, rotatable means engaging in the housing for distorting the packing rings into sealing contact with the housing and the tubing as well as the cable, and means for holding the cable and the packing rings against circumferential movement in the housing.

8. A well tubing head comprising, a housing, slips engaged in the housing for supporting a tubing therein, elastic packing rings mounted in the housing, a follower ring disposed in the housing and engaging the rings, means for holding the follower ring against rotation, the slips and packing rings and follower ring having registering openings for receiving a cable, and means engaging in the housing and contacting the follower ring for applying pressure to the packing rings to distort them into, sealing contact with the housing and tubing as well as the cable.

9. A well tubing head comprising, a vertical housing having a packing chamber therein and a bowl below said chamber provided with an inclined wall, slips eng ing in said bowl for supporting a tubing, packing rings engaging in the at their splits, and means at the upper end of the packing chamber, a follower ring mounted on the housing for exerting pressure on the follower ring packing rings, the rings and slips having registerto distort the packing rings to pack oif the housing openings for receiving a cable, and a cylining, the tubing and the cable. drical nut screwed into the top of the bousing and 11. A well tubing head comprising, a vertical bearing upon the follower ring for distorting the housing having a packing chamber therein and a packing rings to seal off the head and the tube bowl below said chamber provided with an inand the cable. clined wall, slips engaging in said bowl for sup- 10. A well tubing head comprising, a vertical porting a tubing, split packing rings engaging in housing having a packing chamber therein and a said packing chamber around the tubing and havbowl below said chamber provided with an ining split openings for engaging around an upright clined wall, slips engaging in said bowl for supextraneous element passing through saidhous ng, porting a tubing, split elastic packing rings enwhereby said rings may be placed and rem ed gaging in said packing chamber, a follower ring without removing said element, and means engagresting upon the packing rings, the rings and ing in the upper end of the housing for distorting slips having registering openings for receiving a said packing rings into packing contact with the cable, the openings in the packing rings being so tubing and said housing. located as to cause the said rings to break joints SHERIDAN P. TSCHAPPAT. 

